One reason may be due to inactivity. The other more important reason is that boredom and subconscious messages trigger eating when not hungry. Advertising and food programmes prompt snacking and mindless eating Many people will stay up late watching anything on the...

What it is about the diet of the hunter gatherers, known as the ‘primal diet’ that maintains the correct body weight? Is it that they don’t eat that much, because of reduced food availability? Is it something to do with the quality of the diet, more than the quantity?...